#intelectual universal

[bocadosdefilosofia]

«Hace ya bastantes años que no se le pide al intelectual que juegue ese papel. Un nuevo modo de “ligazón entre la teoría y la práctica” se ha constituido. Los intelectuales se han habituado a trabajar no en el “universal”, en el “ejemplar”, en el “justo-y-verdadero para todos”, sino en sectores específicos, en puntos precisos en los que situaban sus condiciones de trabajo, o sus condiciones de vida (la vivienda, el hospital, el manicomio, el laboratorio, la universidad, las relaciones familiares o sexuales). Han adquirido así una conciencia mucho más inmediata y concreta de las luchas. Y han encontrado problemas que eran determinados, “no universales”, diferentes con frecuencia de los del proletariado y las masas. Y entre tanto se han acercado realmente, creo, por dos razones: porque se trata de luchas reales, materiales, cotidianas, y porque encontraban con frecuencia, pero bajo una forma distinta, el mismo adversario que el proletariado, el campesinado o las masas (las multinacionales, el aparato judicial y policial, la especulación inmobiliaria, etc.): es lo que llamaré intelectual “específico” por oposición al intelectual “universal”.»

Michel Foucault: «Verdad y poder», en Microfísica del poder. Las Ediciones de la Piqueta, págs. 183-184. Madrid, 1980

TGO

@bocadosdefilosofia

@dias-de-la-ira-1

[whisperofthewaves]

through clenched teeth: it is fine. it is ok. you knew yesterday it was a possibility that your flatmate will work from home today. you were warned beforehand. you are able to perform your planned activities even though every fucking sound she generates is like cheese grater on an exposed nerve. this. is. fine.

[rainhadecopas69]

Alone. Cold. Hard. Complicado

Profundo e escuro, turvo, intrigante,

Ensurdecedor e calmo até demais.

Denso, subjetivo e intangível.

Excitante, instável mas estável e concreto.

O mergulhar no fundo sem pular na água.

O gosto doce e cítrico sem degustar de fato algo.

O som mais envolvente no silêncio mais alto que existe.

A melodia que faz os corpos dançarem sem música,

No tom que ainda nem existiu.

O calor muito longe do sol ou da luz. A energia do movimento inerce da alma,

Na viagem do consciente sob as dimensões mais altas do universo, corremos na floresta do talvez,

Do inexplicável inexistente sentimento que nos toma como uma onda.

Nos imerge e leva pra algum lugar que sequer existe de fato.

Nada existe, e tudo está lá. A verdade.

A falta...

O buraco sem fim na existência humana.

[omgvalki]

alguien que haya leído este libro??vale la pena??

[eternitas]

People need to fucking chill and realize that sometimes things they enjoy are not made for them, so they need to stop demanding it suddenly becomes a thing for them

people discovering steven universe in 2023 are always like "this show is really good why the hell were yall so weird about it"

[velvetvexations]

As a nonbinary person my biggest problem with enby has always been the fact that it's not ever felt like a word. It's quite literally just saying nb out loud but written out. It's never felt like a real identifier. For as much as the shitty I'm just a girl jokes or saturdays are for the boys sayings are like. Scuffed and bad. The words actually sound like they fit and flow in the sentences. Saying I'm gonna go hang out with the enbies later doesn't sound like a word. It sounds like I'm saying an abbreviation in place of a word. Because that's what it is at the end of the day. It never stopped being just an abbreviation of nonbinary but longer this time and it kinda pisses me off that it's treated like a really Good word. It isn't infantilising or anything bc tbh. It's not any more or less mature than someone just saying the damn letters out loud, but it sure as fuck lacks any sense of formality. People can say they're an enby all they want but it doesn't feel like an identifier if I called myself one, it feels like a descriptor. I think nonbinary people deserve a word for themselves that isn't just. The term for their identity but shortened and then made long again. Especially considering that we don't exactly refer to men and women as ems and doubleyous do we. It's petty, but it keeps me from liking it all the same. If a term that took absolutely Zero Effort to come up with is something that a Big group of who it was supposed to describe really don't fucking like, I dont think it's that big of a deal to put in a little more legwork to make something different

That's an interesting perspective. I guess every word needs an origin?

Idk maybe it would be easier if we made some distinction between internal/personal gender (how you conceptualize yourself) and external/social gender (how you are gendered and treated by others) cis people and post transition trans people usually have an internal gender and an External gender that somewhat match. Pre transition trans people have mismatched internal and external genders, which can produce dysphoria. I personally don't have much of an internal gender at all, but my external gender is "woman" based on presentation and socialization. When i say "trans women are seen as men" what I actually mean is "non-passing trans women are perceived and treated as men by transphobes, a role which has a very narrow set expectations and requirements in order to fully access its privileges, otherwise they get the same treatment as all queer/"failed" men, which is different from the experiences of people gendered externally as women in a lot of complex ways." there's no universal experience of gender and no such thing as a "real" man or woman, that's what "gender is a social construct" MEANS. But still! Our society treats men/boys different than women/girls. And the way people are treated affects how they behave! It's not misgendering anyone to point out and analyze those differences, it's just sociology and gender theory. It can be trans inclusive if you're not an idiot.

Post-transition trans people still generally risk discovery even if they're completely stealth. Besides that, I think it's too close to saying one is that gender also if we split it between the two, since why would one take precedence over the other when gender is fake either way? Identity is personal and people who tell you you're wrong about your identity are just incorrect, it's really simple.

someone i see often in transmisogyny discourse (not gonna drop the user) liked a post saying "intersexism isn't real and it's transmisogyny to say it is", unliked it and denied it when it was brought up to them, and is now pretending it didn't happen. what do you even do about that

I have no idea who you're talking about, but that's bad, I guess?

The ‘transmasc headcannons are all self indulgent, illogical and antifeminist. but transfem headcannons are all intelectual, narratively complex, feminist praxis’ thing reminds me of the ‘yaoi is all self indulgent, illogical and antifeminist. but yuri is all intelectual, narratively complex, feminist praxis’ thing (idk how common it is in fandoms that aren’t homestuck (cus istg that fucking fandom))

it's so deeply annoying

ngl I've been repeating "fellas, is it transphobic to admit that transphobes are transphobic?" ever since you said it (or at least something close to it? I don't remember if this is a direct quote or paraphrase because I was very tired that day) in one of the ask compilations because it sums up the whole thing so succinctly and also just feels good to say

Sorry about all the assclowns who are so eager to assert their bone-deep conviction that yes it totally is -__-;;

we live in a bad timeline

For the "trans-inclusive" cis girls who still insist "transmascs are BETRAYING WOMANHOOD" -

Riiiight...so, COMPLETELY irrelevant question, but how did you and your friends feel about the weird girl in middle and high school? You know, the anime fan with the punk clothes and dyed hair? Started hanging out more with boys than girls around the middle of the year? You DID extend the "bonds of sisterhood" to her too, didn't you?

No? You called her a traitor and a freak too? Even before she started hanging out more with the boys, you thought she was just being a holier-than-thou snob because she wasn't interested in the topics usually considered "girl talk"?

Yeah, I can't imagine why she would have felt more comfortable with the boys either...truly a mystery...yeah she really did totally betray you...yep...

women throw around "pickme" like it's the worst possible thing to be but most pickmes have a pretty good reason for being pickmes and women who complain about them should do some introspection

I think Androhomophobia is the word for MLMs speaking on their unique oppression!

noted!

"Why do trans men need a special word" why do trans women need a special word 🎤 do you just consider mens experiences the default 🤔

for transfem TRFs: because men is what trans women are transitioning away from so it literally was the default for them and they have a hard time understanding the idea that some people want the thing they don't want and don't want the thing they want

for transmasc TRFs: because of course they want to think they're the alpha dogs society revolves around they're all misogynists

As someone who wasn’t on tumblr when that “kill all transmascs” post was going around, what was that about?

I reeeeally hope there’s some context that I’m missing and it wasn’t just one of those “kill all men” jokes from 2012 with “trans” inserted into it.

Also, it’s really disheartening to see this kind of behavior from people who you would otherwise trust.

if it's older than this past March I wasn't around either but there was a post going around just a couple weeks ago

As a nonbinary person: the entire enby thing could be fixed if we just could have terminology without it being relentlessly mocked.

Some people are going to be uncomfortable with enby because it sounds similar to baby and that can feel infantilizing. Some people will not think it’s infantilizing. Some people will not care. This is normal. I think enban is a good term even if enby wasn’t made to be used similarly to boy and girl. I think more explicitly nonbinary terms are good. I want to have more terms to describe myself. Only having enby is annoying.

Yeah like...not having the infrastructure of entrenched and codified language is difficult.

I think there's a degree to which this sort of thing is "spreading", insofar as I see an uptick in random cis people making flippant transandrophobic jokes and then acting like it's antifeminist to disagree. HOWEVER, I also think the hardcore TRFs' views are escalating over time to the point that when their posts break containment they often sound so obviously fucked up that people who aren't as discourse-poisoned are noticing it, rather than just blindly boosting like "Trans rights, I guess!".

the legacy of trans radical feminism: making cis people a little more transphobic

did that one op imply trans men can all just girlmode like its no big deal and takes no effort. like i do girlmode at work but that entails shaving daily and trying to keep my voice high despite having dropped like two octaves.

i feel like all that saves the façade is that my coworkers have known me since pre-T plus my tits are gigantic

he did imply that!

I think all the transmascs on here talking about how being seen as a girl is a privilege should try being a girl not wearing a bra. Or binding. Just letting them hang out. It's amazing how poorly you'll get treated. Bonus points if you're also obviously autistic and generally GNC at the same time

(On that note I think there should be more of a movement for people with boobs to not have to wear a bra because they are so uncomfortable for me and make me extremely dysphoric and I'm sure I can't be the only one-)

That used to be a feminist thing but it seems like everyone retreated from that issue.

What are your thoughts on the idea that TERFs genuinely do hate men the most and the only reason they specifically target trans women is because they see them as men that are "trying to sneak into womens spaces"? I think it makes sense on the basis that they treat trans women badly but sometimes ally with cis men who also hate us because those men aren't "explicitly trying to trick them"

I mean yeah exactly lol TERFs see trans women as men in the middle of actively doing a misogyny or trying to perform a fetish in front of them

[froidefille]

Day 15: a fic over 50k

📚 Former Things Come to Mind by @dodgerkedavra

Draco/Harry, 64k, E

Summary:

Harry Potter has had a headache for seven and a half years.

Welcome back to the acustic set dedgerkedavra!AU 🤩

Because somehow dodgerkedavra has not only written many awesome stories, but has also somehow created her own alternative version of the HP universe across her fics.

So if you feel like reading about Harry being a good boy 😇, Lucius not being awful (which is my new favourite thing) and Ron being a hot healer besotted with his auror wife Pansy while Hermione is intelectually and otherwise entangled with Blaise – you’ve come to the right place!

I personally especially appreciate the dynamics of the Golden Trio in this scenario. They are truly a Golden Trio again and not a Golden 2+1. Aaaand there's always a bath which is always a plus 🛀🏻

The plot itself is actually too good to give away but let’s just say our favourite auror partners Potter and Parkinson are on the case! So, just a little snippet of the events: It’s literally 20 minutes after the Final Battle. Harry falls apart in a small flat in Croydon. Draco puts him back together (in a bath xd). In the morning he is gone.

Harry is pining away, body and soul, for years not knowing that *spoiler* has actually *spoiler* in order to *spoiler*. They are reunited years later and forced into a bond that doesn’t take.

I will now leave y’all for a minute to figure that out – have a nice Monday at AO3 and make sure to flail haplessly in the comments over the breathtaking scene when Draco walks into Harry's dream near the end and how it was beautiful and made you cry a little bit.

Thank you for today’s prompt @hprecfest and @dodgerkedavra for your service to the fandom *salute*

[scotianostra]

On December 19th 1887 Balfour Stewart, the Scottish meteorologist and geophysicist, died.

Balfour Stewart was born in Edinburgh, hje was an intelectually precocious child, and entered St-Andrews University at age thirteen, subsequently transfering to the University of Edinburgh to study natural philosophy. Bending to parental pressures, upon graduating he embarked on business, which he however abandoned and return to the University of Edinburgh in 1853 to work as an assistant to James D. Forbes.

In 1859 he became Director of Kew Observatory, where he remained until 1870, and finished his career as Porfessor of Physics at Owens College in Manchester. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1862, awarded their Rumford Medal in 1868, and was elected to the Royal Astronomical Society in 1867.

Stewart's true forte was in experimental physics, but many of his theoretical ideas, though often lacking mathematical rigour, anticipated many later key developments in nineteenth century Physics, particularly in thermodynamics. He essentially established, in a purely empirical and almost intuitive manner, the radiation Laws later obtained by Gustav Kirchhoff. Stewart also held a life-long fascination with the possible link between terrestrial magnetism and meteorological phenomena. He first postulated the existence of a high, electrically conducting atmospheric layer which he aptly named "ionosphere", and was the primary driver behind the study of possible planetary influences on sunspots carried our during his directorship at Kew.

In his later years, Stewart became interested in the the compatibility between science and religious, and also launched himself into the scientific study of psychic phenomena. These, in particular, drew very mixed reviews, to the point that his friend and colleague Peter Guthrie Tait, in the obituary he wrote in memory of Stewart, described him as a "one of the most loveable of men, modest and unassuming, but full of the most weird and grotesque ideas".

Severely wounded in 1870 in a train crash from which he never fully recovered, he died on this day december 1887.

There's a lot more on the man here https://www.aboutorkney.com/biography/balfour-stewart-m-a-ll-d-f-r-s/

[partywithoutsmiling]

On the topic of Brozone

When it comes to their parents, family and family situation, Part 1:

Expanding bit of my personal headcanon on this- well, mostly personal in the way that I use it as a basis for all my AUs/Stories without fault; basically, I consider this 'Universal Headcanon' when it comes to any of my Stories, while the Stories by themselves can have Headcanon/Lore that is unique just to them XD

(Like, for an example, the luminescent markings in Moonlit AU are unique just for that particular AU, and you won't see it in Rock Beast or Wanderer!Branch)

Anyway, as I hinted in this post, I headcanon the Brozone Bros as being of mixed herritage: half-Pop and half-Rock

Biologically, it makes them slightly less hardy when it comes to Winter, and little bit more feral looking compared to other Pop Trolls, something that got more prominent the older they grew

Age - Using Branch's hatching as a base line (at 0), I headcanon the ages thus: - JD at 16, Spruce/Bruce at 14/13, Clay at 12 and Floyd at 11

Pop Troll Capitol - John Dory had hatched at a time where Pop Troll territory (expanded upon in this answered ask) had already started shrinking, but still boasted several strong settlements. However with those Settlements slowly disappearing (And unknown to the Pop Trolls, harvested by Bergens), Pop Trolls started naturally migrate towards the Troll Tree, at this point considered the Capitol 'City' of sorts; - However, everyone desired to live there, considered to be not only the pinacle of the high life but also place of endless oppoturnities, home for especially talented Trolls- not something little half-rock troll JD could ever hope to achieve, but could at least dream about; - A dream that started to be more of an ambitious goal, when more of his brothers hatched, and JD, being the oldest and feeling responsible for the happiness of his siblings, wanted to get them out of the backwater settlement they are growing up in- an oppoturnity that presented, when their Grandmother, Rosiepuff, offered to house them while they tried to prove themselves

Boy Band 'Aristocracy' - Being part of a succesful band- especially part of a boy band- was a prestigious status, as close as to aristocracy as the hierarchy in the Pop Troll Tribe could get. The most succesful band gained the priviledge of living in the Troll Tree, along with all the other 'gifted' Pop Trolls, and were free to interact with the Royal Family on more personal level - Brozone was considered especially progidious; not only they were able to harmonize better than anyone else, but they were also the youngest to really 'make it' and stand out from all the hopefuls

Nepotism? - The early Brozone- the one without Branch in it- was not starved for talent, but it was largely thanks to their grandmother that they were even allowed the chance - While mixed herritage was not a rare thing to happen in the Tribe- despite ancient conflicts, Trolls tended to trickle back and forth between Kingdoms- none of them ever lived in the Troll Tree, and were it not for Rosiepuff and her known family history, the Brozone would never even get the chance

Barebones Family Tree - Their Pop Half is maternal, with their mother named Mulberry; born at the Troll Tree, to Rosiepuff and to a troll named Brazen (who I headcanon gathered bit of a fame himself, imagine essentially Troll Frank Sinatra XD), she decided the glamour and glitter life is not something that was for her - Always bit quieter and more of an intelectual, she decided to move out of the Troll Tree and settle in a Village closer to the North - There she managed to meet a Rock Troll named Thorn (Or 'Thornberry', as she came to call him) - Thorn, being a young Troll, had been indulging in the Rock Troll tradition of a Solo Tour (as mentioned in my Wanderer!Branch Lore Dump), which usually happened in the Rock Troll Kingdom but could bleed into other Kingdoms- a habit that brought him literaly crashing on Mulberry's doorstep - In the true opposite attracts fashion and through shenanigans, they eventually fell in love and started family together - Rosiepuff thought it romantic; Brazen was not so accepting - Unknown to most, however, Thorn was not just your average Rock Troll, but the heir to the Rock Throne and an older brother to Thrash (if only by few months) - Thorn kept his sudden family a secret at first, knowing the fact they are Pop wouldn't be accepted, and while his age allowed it, he flitted back and forth between them and Volcano City, making him a rather spotty presence in his sons' lives - Eventually, however, his flightly behaviour started to be frowned upon by the Rock Trolls, as age wise he was long past when it was acceptable to travel around solo- and so he planned a longer trip to Volcano City, if only to tell his father (the King at the time) to fuck off and pass the rule down to Thrash (This didn't really work out, as he had not been allowed to leave after that, leaving Mulberry to struggle to support four children) - JD at 14yo, Spruce/Bruce at 12/11, Clay at 10, Floyd at 9 - It was his disappearence that had Mulberry cave to JD's wheedling to give the Boy Band a shot, and after talking it through with Rosiepuff, the boys moved with their Grandmother while Mulberry stayed behind in hopes that Thorn will come back

(Part two here)

[waterloo-carte]

Pt: Se você pudesse escolher um personagem (um arquétipo), para que você possa receber toda a sua informação, da sua consciência (isso é, toda a característica e essência dada ao personagem), intelectual, emocional, estrategista, filosofia de vida, etc. Ah, você pode também escolher ou sua consciência por completo, ou apenas uma determinada parte, como esse a intelectual ou emocional. Pode ser qualquer um, de qualquer universo, mitologia, personalidades reais (históricas ou modernas), filme, série, desenhos, quadrinho, mangás e até onde sua imaginação levar.  Qual personagem você escolheria e por qual característica/motivo você o escolheria? ____________________________________________________ En: If you could choose a character (an archetype), so that you can receive all your information, your consciousness (that is, the whole characteristic and essence given to the character), intellectual, emotional, strategist, philosophy of life, etc. Ah, you can also choose either your consciousness completely or just a certain part, such as intellectual or emotional. It can be anyone, from any universe, mythology, real personalities (historical or modern), film, series, drawings, comic, manga and as far as your imagination takes.  Which character would you choose, and for which feature/reason would you choose it?

____________________________________________________Spn: Si pudieras elegir un personaje (un arquetipo), para que puedas recibir toda tu información, tu conciencia (es decir, toda la característica y esencia dada al personaje), intelectual, emocional, estratega, filosofía de la vida, etc. Ah, usted también puede elegir o su conciencia por completo o solo una determinada parte, como ese a intelectual o emocional. Puede ser cualquier persona, de cualquier universo, mitología, personalidades reales (histórico o moderno), películas, series, dibujos, cómic, manga y en la medida de su imaginación.   ¿Qué personaje elegirías y para qué función/razón lo elegirías?

[rice-pudding-slaps]

Bit of Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats for the Santiago opening night!

Translation under the cut

The Jellicle is able to do

Only a Jellicle can be jellicle

Only a Jellicle is jellicle

Only a Jellicle is jellicle

Only a Jellicle is jellicle

Jellicle, Jellicle song

for a Jellicle cat

a jellicle, Jellicle song

a jellicle, Jellicle song

Agility and happiness

the theatrical and dramatical

with a lot of ferocity and faithfulness

the casual cat and causal cat

with sensuality and [iconicity?]

the feline shows its vanity

universality, responsibility, and spontaneous

authenticity

The anti-radical

the fiscal and clerical

the triunfal and intelectual

A jellicle, Jellicle song

[moonsquaremars]

Astrological Analysis of my new Relationship

Ok, so to the left is my natal chart, and to the right is the natal chart of the new guy I've been seeing. We met about six years ago at a bathhouse, and lost contact. We reunited this past September, and the ball got rolling.

We had really great sex, and we have a lot in common. We enjoy each other's company. Oddly, he reminds me of my friend who just committed suicide a few months ago. It's like the universe is still providing that energy for me now that my friend Brad is gone.

I'll call new guy Mr. Mouse. One of my nicknames for him is Millionaire Mouse, cuz he's a millionaire and he reminds me of a mouse lol. He's very kind and sweet, not pushy at all. Sometimes too sweet. But after what I've been through, that's not so bad.

Immediately while looking at his chart, it's interesting. It has a lot going on. It looks like a diamond. And all that checks out, cuz his life is anything but boring. I told him my chart is the shell, and his chart is the pearl that fits inside.

I'm still not over 8th house sun, but I'm not holding my breath for him any longer. We still talk occasionally, I still love him, but it looks like he is gonna have to take the back burner.

I really hesitated doing my synastry chart with Mr. Mouse, because I didn't want him to have more key aspects than 8th House Man. Part of me still believes I will end up with him, and I didn't want to entertain the idea of anyone else replacing him or having more key aspects than he has. 8th house has one key aspect, as does Mr. Mouse. Unfortunately, the key aspect for 8 isn't exactly a positive one, but Mouse's is. So both men who I have been torn between only have one key aspect in our synastry.

I'm not sure how to interpret this, because other partner's I've had have had more keys, but then again, my relationships with them didn't last anyway. It's possible these relationships won't last either. anyways.

The most interesting thing about Mr Mouse's chart is his 12th house moon. My sun is in the 12th house, as is my dad's. 12th house rules monestaries, and he grew up in a small town that is known for its catholic monestary. It makes sense I would end up there, living with him. I think it will be a very healthy change of pace for me. The city has gotten so toxic and overwhelming.

Another interesting thing is that he has Sun trine Moon natally. My dad has that aspect, my best friend patrick, and most of my ex boyfriends have had that placement for some reason. My sun sextiles my moon and my little sister has the same placement. It's said to make one really agreeable, balanced, and well liked.

Our north nodes are both in libra, and we both have a life path of 7. I used to be extremely ambitious, like capitalist, enterprising, all that stuff. So is he. He built his own company and is a CEO and 'an important person'. I had met rich people before, but dating him has exposed me to mega rich people.... It's been an experience.

To the left is our synastry chart, and to the right is our composite. For those who don't know, synastry is how our charts blend together, the composite chart is the chart for the relationship itself.

It appears his sun lands in my 6th house, which makes sense, cuz he's helping me heal and get solid ground. My sun touches his 9th house, which I guess adds up, cuz I feel like I'm expanding him intelectually. My moon in his 11th house makes total sense, bc of my 11th house stellium, and the fact that I speak french and mandarin is very fascinating and beneficial for him.

As for the composite, our sun is in aries.

this adds up. we've traveled a lot, and our relationship has been pretty fun so far. Oddly, our composite sun is in the 8th house, which is the natal sun of the guy I fell in love with this summer. so it seems the universe is saying something.

I'm definitely getting into my more spiritual, psychic, intuitive side. I saw both men in a dream, before I even met them. I talk in a post about the dream about 8th house man, but after all that bullshxt went down and I was so depressed in july, I had a premonition dream that saw Mr. Mouse.

In the dream, which felt like I was watching a movie in the theaters, was me walking around a very wealthy, well decorated home. I was in a room with no walls, and I was older, and a priest. I thought the dream was telling me that I would be old and wealthy, but then the priest part didn't make any sense. Why would I become a priest? Turns out Mr. Mouse went to seminary to be a catholic priest, and the house I saw was his mother's. The second floor doesn't have windows.

So I've seen both men in a dream. That doesn't help me too much with making a decision. Haha.

These are some of our synastry aspects. The key aspect is positive, and helped me gain clarity on why exactly we are together. We have an age gap, and I hate the way people look at us in public. But I'm also in love with summer boy and hoping he'll come around.

The sexual magnetism is very true. We have so much sex and we don't seem to grow tired of it, yet at least lol.

[struggle-but-its-all-ocean-floor]

RPWP let's go! To be honest, I didn't know the album dropped today. I thought Lost was another pre-release and that the album would drop in June, but I think that's NJs new album?

Anyway, I watched the Lost MV after waking up and was kind of disappointed. Namjoon's always a mixed bag (except in collabs). I don't understand his way of writing and expressing himself, and find it quite indigestible and dense; his English rap is very slurred most of the time too. Yes, he's incredibly intelligent, can write amazing lyrics, and his Korean rap can be insane, but a lot of the times I can't enjoy his songs. I tend to like his features more (he has some amazing ones, like Change, Sexy Nukim and Don't).

Hours later, I'm back from work and have listened to his album:

Right People, Wrong Place: Nice intro, but immediately his English accent and the way he sings in English is off-putting. The track is also very alternative and indie, which are genres I don't vibe with.

Nuts: Very interesting song... The way he's rapping in the beginning is a bit... it doesn't work super well. I loved the outro though - that part was cool. Overall, it's a good song. People went fucking crazy over the "she's a pro-rider", and also "he's a pro-rider", but I'm not sure this is Namjoon being a "bisexual king"; it's like the relationship from the guy's pov, which is why he says "no woman could stop him" and not "no man [RM] could stop him". But it's still a possible interpretation. I just see too many Armys taking everything he said literally and filling in the blanks with assumptions, creating their own narrative which is quickly being spread as the truth. People are saying RM cut his hair, started working out and deleted his IG pics because of a breakup and that he then got into situationships. I mean, this would be a normal thing to do but those could all be isolated events. You don't know if he cut his hair over a breakup?... Like, Army wants BTS relationship drama so much they act like they know everything. I admit I'm not a normal 20 year old, so who knows? I also wasn't keeping up with his Weverse lives.

out of love: Well, this whole album is very Sundance coming of age movie about a "cool yet lost guy in his 20s who goes to bars, drinks, smokes with this friends while contemplating his existence" which couldn't be further from my vibe. I hate indie music because it's slow, lethargic, whimsical, loose, and I'm neurotic, high-strung, literal, and uptight. I can't vibe with indie; I can't relate to normal 20 years old who smoke weed at parties. That's really nothing special, but to me it's a whole different universe. I have no friends or a life. I can't relate to Namjoon at all... Anyway, him saying "bitches" is not cool. I see Army praising him for hitting back at those who criticize idols for smoking, but, no man - unless he's explicitly queer and saying it and a fun manner, maybe, can use the word "bitch" imo. I fucking hate that word. I also felt like Namjoon was trying to copy black rappers in this song, but I'm probably too white to comment. Can't say I enjoyed the track. I feel really basic, but I'm too straight-laced, boring white girl to appreciate this album, sorry.

Domodachi: Eh... I was expecting the woman to be an amazing rapper, since I saw Army hype her up, but she's... alright? Lyrically, she's pretty basic - in this track at least. Also, it's so weird listening to Brits rap lmao. There's no translation of this track yet, so I don't really know the lyrics.

? (Interlude): I like classical music (won't include XXI classical music in this statement, which I know nothing about and is a lot different from what we traditionally think of as classical music), but I don't like jazz that much in general... Both are considered "intelectual music", but jazz isn't for me... I like structure and a certain repetitiveness in music. Improvisation is just confusing to me and, like, I'm so type A, I just can't vibe with it.

Groin: Joon's cursing is a bit too much in this album. The way he curses is a bit... aggressive?, yet at the same time giving Jungkook in Seven vibes. I guess that's the point. We have "bitch" here again. It's pretty disappointing... I thought he'd learned better. I read the lyrics translation from an account on X and on Genius, and they were quite different... The first was very anti establishment, the second less so. "Not a fucking diplomat" is great though. But I hate the chorus... "Get your ass out the trunk?"...

Heaven: Didn't particularly stand out. This song also doesn't have a translation yet (or I couldn't find one. It's been hours though. If this was an ot7, maknae line, or Yoongi track, 100% sure there would be multiple translations already).

LOST!: The woman singing in the beginning sounds so familiar... The song has a fun rhythm, and of all the RPWP tracks (aside from Come Back to Me), it's the easiest listening song. It actually represents the album very well, unlike Come Back to Me which is a clear outlier (feel kind of deceived, really) and easily the most GP friendly track (hence it being the pre-release). The song is fun but the English lyrics are just bad. The album's full of poorly written English lyrics. I guess it's on purpose? Don't like it, don't get it.

Around the world in a day: Another count for "bitch". The song's okay, butthe lyrics are... Honestly, it feels like the whole album is just vibes. What is he even saying? Heartbreak, anger, etc., but in terms of message, it's very repetitive. It's all so vague too? Don't know what he means because I like things spelled out to me - maybe that's my bad.

Credit Roll: Well, no use commenting haha.

Come Back to Me is the only relatable and truly enjoyable track to me. Sorry, I don't know how to appreciate this album and can't stand a lot of the English. I feel like RPWP highlights everything I like least about RM as an artist... While, I didn't enjoy the album on my first listen, it's cool how experimental it is and that it sounds nothing like idol music. BTS are so diverse musically. If you play this album to anyone and tell them it's BTS, they'll be in absolute disbelief lmao.

Second listen through and review here!

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Fernando Pessoa

- Nunca amamos a nadie: amamos, sólo, la idea que tenemos de alguien. Lo que amamos es un concepto nuestro, es decir, a nosotros mismos». -Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Antonio Nogueira Pessoa -Lisboa, (13 de junio de 1888 -30 de noviembre de 1935-), fue un poeta, escritor, crítico literario, dramaturgo, ensayista, traductor, editor y filósofo portugués, descrito como una de las figuras literarias más importantes del siglo XX y uno de los grandes poetas en lengua portuguesa. También tradujo y escribió en inglés y francés.

Se le ha llamado el poeta portugués más universal. Por haber sido educado en Sudáfrica, en una escuela católica irlandesa de Durban, llegó a tener más familiaridad con el idioma inglés que con el portugués, escribiendo en tal idioma sus primeros poemas. El crítico literario Harold Bloom consideró a Pessoa como "Whitman renacido”, ​ y lo incluyó entre los 26 mejores escritores de la civilización occidental, no solo de la literatura portuguesa sino de la inglesa también. De las cuatro obras que publicó en vida, tres son en lengua inglesa y solo una en portugués, titulada Mensagem. Pessoa tradujo varias obras del inglés al portugués (p. ej., de Shakespeare o Edgar Allan Poe), y del portugués (en particular, de Antonio Botto y José de Almada Negreiros) al inglés y al francés.

Pessoa fue un escritor prolífico, y no solo bajo su propio nombre, pues creó aproximadamente otros setenta y cinco, de los cuales destacan los de Alberto Caeiro, Alexander Search, Álvaro de Campos, Bernardo Soares y Ricardo Reis. No los llamaba pseudónimos, pues creía que esta palabra no captaba su verdadera vida intelectual independiente, y en cambio los llamó sus heterónimos. Estas figuras imaginarias a veces mostraban posturas impopulares o extremas. El poeta estadounidense Robert Hass ha dicho al respecto que: "otros modernistas como Yeats, Pound o Eliot inventaban máscaras a través de las cuales hablaban ocasionalmente.... Pessoa inventaba poetas enteros". Buscó también inspiraciones en las obras de los poetas William Wordsworth, James Joyce y Walt Whitman.

Poema en Línea recta- Fernando Pessoa

Nunca he conocido a nadie a quien les hubiesen molido a palos.

Todos mis conocidos han sido campeones en todo. Y yo, tantas veces despreciable, tantas veces inmundo, tantas veces vil, yo, tantas veces irrefutablemente parásito, imperdonablemente sucio, yo, que tantas veces no he tenido paciencia para bañarme, yo, que tantas veces he sido ridículo, absurdo, que he tropezado públicamente en las alfombras de las ceremonias, que he sido grotesco, mezquino, sumiso y arrogante, que he sufrido ofensas y me he callado, que cuando no me he callado, he sido más ridículo todavía; yo, que les he parecido cómico a las camareras de hotel, yo, que he advertido guiños entre los mozos de carga, yo, que he hecho canalladas financieras y he pedido prestado sin pagar, yo, que, a la hora de las bofetadas, me agaché fuera del alcance de las bofetadas; yo, que he sufrido la angustia de las pequeñas cosas ridículas, me doy cuenta de que no tengo par en esto en todo el mundo. Toda la gente que conozco y que habla conmigo nunca hizo nada ridículo, nunca sufrió una afrenta, nunca fue sino príncipe - todos ellos príncipes - en la vida... ¡Ojalá pudiese oír la voz humana de alguien que confesara no un pecado, sino una infamia; ¡que contara, no una violencia, sino una cobardía! No, son todos el Ideal, si los oigo y me hablan. ¿Quién hay en este ancho mundo que me confiese que ha sido vil alguna vez? ¡Oh príncipes, hermanos míos! ¡Leches, estoy harto de semidioses! ¿Dónde hay gente en el mundo? ¿Seré yo el único ser vil y equivocado de la tierra? Podrán no haberles amado las mujeres, pueden haber sido traicionados; pero ridículos, ¡nunca! Y yo, que he sido ridículo sin que me hayan traicionado, ¿cómo voy a hablar con esos superiores míos sin titubear? Yo, que he sido vil, literalmente vil, vil en el sentido mezquino e infame de la vileza. - Fernando Pessoa

Autopsicografía- Fernando Pessoa

El poeta es un fingidor. Finge tan completamente

Que hasta finge que es dolor

El dolor que verdaderamente siente.

Y los que leen lo que escribe

En el dolor leído sienten duro,

No los dos dolores que él tuvo,

Sino sólo el que ellos no tienen.

Es así como en los palos de la rueda

Gira, distrayendo a la razón

Ese juguete de cuerda

Que se llama corazón. -Alberto Caeiro [Seudónimo de Fernando Pessoa]

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No sé cuántas almas tengo- Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)

No sé cuántas almas tengo.

A cada instante cambié.

Continuamente me extraño.

Nunca me vi ni me hallé.

De tanto ser solo tengo el alma.

Quien tiene alma no tiene calma.

El que ve es solo es lo que ve, quien siente ya no es quien es.

Atento a lo que soy y veo, ellos me vuelvo, no yo.

Cada sueño o el deseo no es mío si allí nació.

Yo soy mi propio paisaje, el que presencia su paisaje, diverso, móvil y solo, no sé sentirme yo donde estoy.

Así, ajeno, voy leyendo, como páginas, mi ser, sin prever eso que sigue ni recordar el ayer.

Anoto en lo que leí lo que creí que sentí.

Releo y digo: "¿Fui yo?" Dios lo sabe, porque lo escribió. -Fernando Pessoa.

Literatura, arte, cultura y algo más

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Escritores sefardíes: Jacques Derrida

🇪🇸 Jacques Derrida (15 de julio de 1930 – 8 de octubre de 2004), filósofo y pensador franco-argelino, nació en El-Biar, Argelia, en el seno de una familia judía sefardí originaria de Toledo, España. Su obra es célebre por su desarrollo de la deconstrucción, un enfoque crítico que pone en cuestión los significados y las estructuras del lenguaje y la filosofía occidental. Derrida fue parte de una generación que vivió la brutalidad de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la ocupación nazi en Argelia, lo que marcó profundamente su pensamiento. Tras completar su educación en Francia, su carrera académica despegó en las universidades de Harvard, Yale y Nueva York, donde enseñó filosofía. Fue muy influyente en el ámbito de la filosofía continental, y sus obras más destacadas incluyen De la gramatología (1967), La escritura y la diferencia (1967), y Espectros de Marx (1993). Derrida también fue un pensador comprometido políticamente, manifestándose en temas como la oposición al apartheid y la guerra de Vietnam. Su legado intelectual sigue siendo objeto de admiración y controversia, con una extensa bibliografía que abarca desde textos filosóficos hasta reflexiones sobre la literatura y la psicología. A pesar de sus críticas y rechazos, como la que recibió por parte de Noam Chomsky y otros pensadores de la filosofía analítica, Derrida sigue siendo considerado una figura clave en el pensamiento contemporáneo. Murió en París a los 74 años debido a un cáncer pancreático, dejando una marca indeleble en las ciencias humanas y la filosofía moderna.

🇺🇸 Jacques Derrida (July 15, 1930 – October 8, 2004), a Franco-Algerian philosopher, was born in El-Biar, Algeria, into a Sephardic Jewish family originally from Toledo, Spain. His work is renowned for the development of deconstruction, a critical approach that questions the meanings and structures of language and Western philosophy. Derrida was part of a generation that lived through the brutality of World War II and the Nazi occupation in Algeria, which deeply influenced his thought. After completing his education in France, his academic career took off at Harvard, Yale, and New York universities, where he taught philosophy. He was highly influential in the field of continental philosophy, with major works like Of Grammatology (1967), Writing and Difference (1967), and Specters of Marx (1993). Derrida was also politically engaged, speaking out on issues such as his opposition to apartheid and the Vietnam War. His intellectual legacy remains both admired and controversial, with an extensive body of work that spans philosophy, literature, and psychology. Despite criticism, notably from Noam Chomsky and other philosophers of analytic philosophy, Derrida is still regarded as a key figure in contemporary thought. He passed away in Paris at the age of 74 from pancreatic cancer, leaving an indelible mark on the human sciences and modern philosophy.

[peaceeandcoolestvibes]

Last time I was like idgaF

Pls shut the fuck up for once mY god

People who keep reaching out when you’re serious with someone else are weird, may god bless them

Tip 101: if an ex keeps reaching out drag him like there’s no tomorrow